“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.”— Robert Guillaume, Rafiki, amazon.com
“They spent the first three years of school getting you to pretend stuff and then the rest of it marking you down if you did the same thing.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“Traveling is living in its purest form and nothing in life is a better teacher than the lessons you learn and experience through traveling.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com
“One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do, to keep learning.”— Ruth Reichl, hbr.org
“My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our pride…”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Whether a learning experience, a happy accident, or a humbling experience, mistakes can serve us well. Don’t be afraid to make them. Just try not to make the same one twice.”— Mary Ray, forbes.com
“If my thirties have taught me anything so far, it's that I'm ready to try to be myself with no apologies.”— Taylor Jenkins Reid, amazon.com
“When a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”— OCIZ, facebook.com
“If you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“But really, the term ‘forgive and forget’ doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“I wouldn’t know how to put one foot in front of the other if your strength hadn’t taught me.”— Fortesa Latifi, amazon.com
“If you want to have a fit body, you eventually learn that it is an on-going process. You can’t do 100 sit-ups once every six months and expect your body to change. Dating, too, takes persistence to see the results you are seeking. If you get frustrated that you aren’t finding what you’re looking for…”— Leslie Frey, lifehack.org
“Men who attend workshops and seminars indicate that they are open to learning and admitting they don't have all the answers. Attending a seminar, class or workshop on a topic that interests you is a great way to meet a man who shares similar interests.”— Joe Amoia, yourtango.com
“People make mistakes, but if they're willing to put the past behind them, then we should too.”— Lucas Scott, amazon.com